. The Canadian field-naturalist. 1999 Burnett: 1957-1962: A Broader Mission 55. Even with the addition of air transport, the field resources available to CWS were seldom proportional to the tasks under- taken. The vastness of the land is dramatically illustrated in this 1961 photograph of a Piper Cub in the air over the Hazen Lake region of Ellesmere Island. Note the edge of the ice cap in the background (Photo credit: D. Thomas). were pressing for formal acknowledgment that the research role of the federal agency should be inter- preted much more broadly. Resolution #3 "repeated the requ
. The Canadian field-naturalist. 1999 Burnett: 1957-1962: A Broader Mission 55. Even with the addition of air transport, the field resources available to CWS were seldom proportional to the tasks under- taken. The vastness of the land is dramatically illustrated in this 1961 photograph of a Piper Cub in the air over the Hazen Lake region of Ellesmere Island. Note the edge of the ice cap in the background (Photo credit: D. Thomas). were pressing for formal acknowledgment that the research role of the federal agency should be inter- preted much more broadly. Resolution #3 "repeated the request of previous conferences that the Canadian Wildlife Service should be empowered to assist provinces in wildlife ;^ The follow- ing, much abridged minutes of the discussion sur- rounding this resolution at the 22nd Conference a year later give some indication of the multiple agen- das represented around the table: Mr. Mason [C. A. Mason, Director of Game, Nova Scotia] said that in the people depend on tourists and their hunting and fishing, but are not able to carry on biological programmes as they are hindered by salary felt there should be some feder- al assistance and he could see no reason why the British North America Act could not be amended for the raising of federal funds by similar methods as used in the United States. Mr. Parker [L. A. Parker, Assistant Director, United States Bureau of Sports Fisheries and Wildlife] gave a brief outline of the situation in the The Fish and Wildlife Service resulted from an act authorizing the Agricultural Division to study birds and bird habits [sic] in 1885. A Federal Excise Tax which was to have been rescinded was continued and the funds received from it were earmarked for the program on Hon. Mr. Levy [Minister of Lands and Forests, Nova Scotia] suggested that personnel should be made avail- able rather than Mr. Butler [F. R. Butler, Game Commissioner, Brit
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